France Melox

General Information

Country France
Facility Location (Site) Marcoule
Province Gard
Data Source IAEA Questionaire to Member States ,2021
IAEA Ref. No. 200 - SFRR
Last Update 2021-11-29
Last Source Date 2021-11-29

Activity

Facility Type Fuel Fabrication (MOX Assembly)
Design Capacity 195 t HM/year
Status In operation
Scale Commercial
Start of Operation 1995
Permanent end of Operation
Remarks

Process

Process Advanced-MIMAS for LWR
Feed Material Advanced-MIMAS for LWR
Product Material Advanced-MIMAS for LWR

Company Information

Ownership Orano:50% Framatome:50%
Operator Orano
Website http://www.orano.group

Ref. No. Source Year
1332 IAEA questionaire 2021 2021
1325 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2017/2018 2018
1317 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2008 2009
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1311 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2006 2006
1305 IAEA Questionnaire to Member States, 2005 2005
1278 NAC Int. Fuel Trac, 2003 2003
1277 NEI World Nuclear Industry Handbook, 2003 2003
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1155 "Cogema expects MOX fabrication for Kansai to continue as planned", Nucleonics Week (17 February 2000) p. 17. 2000
1162 Nuclear Power Plants in the World, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc., 2000 2000
981 "Cogema to get 34% stake in Framatome, yield its share in fuel business", Nucl. Fuel, Vol. 24 No. 17 - August 23, 1999. 1999
985 "With new Melox license in hand, Cogema to make MOX fuel for Japanese utilities", Nucl. Fuel, Vol. 24 No. 17 - August 23, 1999. 1999
1031 NAC INTERNATIONAL, Fuel Trac, August 1999. 1999
1038 NAC INTERNATIONAL, Focus - How will the mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel market in Europe and Japan develop over the next decade?, Issue 49 Summer 1999. 1999
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938 NUKEM Nuklear, Nuclear Technology Nucl. Fuel, February 1998 1998
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686 Chinon MOX licenses issued after eight-month hiatus, Nucleonics Week (30 July 1998) pp. 10-11.. 1998
743 MADEN, C., "France 98: A fuel cycle odyssey", CORE issues, The journal of the Uranium Institute, August-September 1998, No. 4 (1998) 11-14. 1998
761 "World nuclear status report 1997", ENS Yearbook 1998, Nuclear Europe Worldscan, July-Auguat 1998, pp. 51-76 1998
773 NAC INTERNATIONAL, Fuel Trac, August 1998. 1998
774 "EDF receives licenses to burn MOX in four more Chinon 900-MW PWRs", Nucl. Fuel, Vol. 23 No. 16 - August 10, 1998. 1998
837 World Nuclear Industry Handbook 1998, Nucl. Eng. Int., 1998. 1998
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247 NUKEM, Reprocessing and Waste Management Review 1987, France, NUKEM Market Report No. 1 (1988) 11-15. 1988
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